Finance Score: 0

Governance Score: 3

Support Score: 5

No PartB

Good trustee age range: +3
Dynamic board: +3
All male board: -3

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 8

COTSWOLDS RIVERS TRUST

Conserve, protect, rehabilitate and improve the Thames tributaries rising within the Cotswold area of outstanding natural beauty.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of age and dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?

Sources of Income ?

Y/E		Income £k	Spending £k	Surplus/ Deficit	Fundraising Cost £k	Total Funds £k	Unrestricted Funds £k	Mths Rsrvs	Staff	Volun- teers
31/03/23		£114	£29	£86	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	25
31/03/22		£8	£3	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/21		£18	£0	£18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	8
31/03/20		£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/19	*	£0	£0	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	0
31/03/18		£42	£25	£17	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£15	£19	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	*	£15	£19	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£109	£90	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£109	£90	£20	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 12 years

HTTP://COTSWOLDSRIVERSTRUST.ORG/

director@cotswoldsriverstrust.org

07400333616

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Environment/Conservation/Heritage

GiG Classification

Environment conservation & animal welfare advocacy

How it operates

Provides human resources
Provides services
Sponsors or undertakes research

Where it operates

Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire,

Who it helps

The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations

Amount	When Months	To be used for
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs - WEIF1203 22/23-Cotswolds Windrush
£7,500	01/04/2022	The Water Environment Improvement Fund (WEIF) grant is to support the maintenance of partnerships across Englands catchments, primarily to deliver a catchment based approach to water, land and flood ....more The Water Environment Improvement Fund (WEIF) grant is to support the maintenance of partnerships across Englands catchments, primarily to deliver a catchment based approach to water, land and flood management. Partnerships need to consider the targets of the 25 year environment plan, including: clean and plentiful water, thriving plants and wildlife, using resources from nature more sustainably and efficiently, enhancing beauty, heritage and engagement with the natural environment and mitigating and adapting to climate change. This focus will include actions to deliver improvements to the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England & Wales) Regulations 2017 objectives, climate crisis, biodiversity crisis, flood risk, coastal erosion, growing population, plastics and land management delivered through an integrated catchment approach. Managing the water environment (including rivers, lakes, groundwater, estuaries and the sea) can be very complex and requires balancing the priorities and needs of multiple water users, landowners, and organisations with differing roles and responsibilities considering how to maximise natural capital and net gain. Individual grant values range from £3,250 for sub-catchments to £250,000 for the Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) National Support Group (NSG).
National Lottery Community Fund - Evenlode Tributaries Project Demonstration Day
£10,000	25/06/2014 12	Not Available

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (8)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Age Range of Trustees: 47-76

ANTHONY BOSTOCK Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Operations Manager

ANDREW MICHAEL HARVEY Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Ceo

ASHLEY PAUL SMITH Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired, Other trusteeship: WINDRUSH AGAINST SEWAGE POLLUTION,

CHRISTOPHER DAVID WHITTLES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

DR RICHARD MARTINDALE KNOWLES Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Retired

GILBERT JOHN CHALK Appointed: 2024, Occupation: Company Director

STEVE PAYNE Appointed: 2012, Occupation: Chartered Accountant

TREVOR CRAMPHORN Appointed: 2012, Occupation: None

Legal constitution

Charitable company registered in England & Wales on 07/01/2013, number: 1150357
Registered at Companies House on 17/03/2011, number: 07568224

Gift Aid

NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

10 returns made; AR19: 6 days late, AR17: 1 days late, AR16: 66 days late, AR14: 41 days late,

Main office

4 Dunthrop Road
Heythrop
CHIPPING NORTON
Oxfordshire
OX7 5TL

Objectives

(1) TO CONSERVE, PROTECT, REHABILITATE AND IMPROVE THE RIVERS, STREAMS, WATERCOURSES AND WATER IMPOUNDMENTS OF THE CATCHMENTS COMPRISING THE THAMES TRIBUTARIES LOCATED WITHIN THE COTSWOLDS AREA OF OUTSTANDING NATURAL BEAUTY, FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION OR IMPROVEMENT FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.(2) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC, OR ANY ASSOCIATION, INSTITUTION, VOLUNTARY ORGANISATION, COMPANY, LOCAL AUTHORITY, ADMINISTRATIVE OR GOVERNMENTAL AGENCY OR PUBLIC BODY OR REPRESENTATIVE BODY IN: -(A) THE UNDERSTANDING OF RIVERS, RIVER CORRIDORS AND RIVER CATCHMENTS, INCLUDING THEIR FAUNA, FLORA, BIODIVERSITY, ECONOMIC OR SOCIAL ACTIVITY, AND RIVER CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT.(B) THE NEED FOR, AND BENEFITS OF, CONSERVATION, PROTECTION, REHABILITATION AND IMPROVEMENT OF AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS.

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